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You can now skip videos in WhatsApp by 10 seconds using the double-tap gesture. After testing for several months, the feature has started rolling to everyone on WhatsApp for iOS v24.6.77.

UK telco BT today announced that 500 exchanges around the country would be receiving upgrades to give customers living in those areas access to high speed SDSL. SDSL is a DSL variant, offering high download...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission this week cleared the way for power companies to roll out broadband over power line service by approving a set of rules designed to limit interference to other radio frequency...

EA Sports' B-baller travels to the factory early; will now be released before ESPN NBA 2K5 for just $39.99. When the August NPD best seller charts were revealed, they left no question...

The next generation of the Internet, known as Internet Protocol version 6, took another big step toward commercialization, as its second phase of testing in North America wrapped up last week. Moonv6, the network used...

It's that time of year again for I, Cringely to make his predictions for the new year. Last year's predictions where right on the nose; and we'll just have to wait and see if...

Wheels are in motion to develop a generic, open framework for next-generation applications that will be developed using several different web services in combination. The Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards...

Biometric technology that scans faces, fingerprints or other physical characteristics to confirm people's identities is about to get its biggest, most public test: at US border checkpoints. Yet significant questions loom about whether the US...

Database giant Oracle has chosen Intel to supply crucial programming tools called compilers for creating software that runs on servers using Intel processors. The move is one of several steps Intel is taking to improve...

Thanks me101 who tipped me off on this one and was unable to post this himself. Industry sources close to Microsoft's plans say that certain OEMs will be proved with service pack one as early...

A security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser could allow a hacker to take control of a remote computer if its user clicks a link to an outdated Internet protocol, a computer security firm says....

While the real bin Laden may have eluded capture, his virtual likeness has not, with an endless stream of Web sites and emailed jokes, games and pictures allowing keyboard cowboys to shoot, bomb or just...

Who's the real Yahoo? A global Internet company or Australian comic actor? The Federal Court will be asked to decide when it hears a case brought by actor and director Yahoo Serious...